Nathan Herne (born 19 August 2002) is an Australian racing driver who competes in the Australian National Trans-Am Series for Garry Rogers Motorsport.

Personal life Herne is the son of fellow racing driver Stuart Herne, who won six National V8 Dirt Modified Speedway titles before retiring in 2008 after suffering spinal injuries in a crash at the Donald 500.

Career Herne made his single-seater debut in 2017, competing in the Australian Formula Ford Series. In his first season in the series, Herne took a lone podium at Phillip Island en route to a sixth-place points finish. Returning to the series for 2018, Herne moved up to fourth overall with his only series win at Sydney and eight other podiums to his name. During 2018, Herne also clinched the Victorian and New South Wales Formula Ford titles.

Switching to the TA2 Racing Muscle Car Series for 2019, Herne took his maiden win at Morgan Park, before scoring six other wins to end the year fifth in points. The following year, Herne primarily raced in Aussie Tin Tops-sanctioned races, winning all three of his appearances in the TA2 class, as well as an evaluation test for Garry Rogers Motorsport in S5000 machinery. Towards the end of the year, Herne was set to make his debut in the Supercars Championship for the same team at the Bathurst 1000, but those plans fell through when he was denied a Motorsport Australia Superlicence.

In 2021, Herne moved up to the Australian National Trans-Am Series with Dream Racing Australia, as well as competing in the S5000 Australian Drivers' Championship and the S5000 Tasman Series for Garry Rogers Motorsport. In his first season in Trans-Am, Herne took four wins in the first five rounds, before winning all three races at the Bathurst finale to seal his maiden series title. On his return to single-seaters in S5000 meanwhile, Herne took a pair of second-place finishes at Sandown in the former to end the season sixth overall, a result he matched at Bathurst in the Tasman Series en route to a seventh-place points finish.

Continuing full-time in Trans-Am for 2022, Herne dominated the season, scoring 13 wins in the 20 races he started to secure his second consecutive series title. During 2022, Herne competed in the last three rounds of the S5000 Australian Drivers' Championship for GRM, scoring a best result of second at both Melbourne and Hidden Valley as he ended the season seventh in points, as well as making his Trans-Am Series debut at Circuit of the Americas. Towards the end of the year, Herne returned to the S5000 Tasman Series, winning four races in a row to secure his only series title. Moving to the American Trans-Am series full-time for 2023, Herne scored three TA2 podiums to end the year 11th in points. Towards the end of the year, Herne made a one-off return to the S5000 Australian Drivers' Championship for GRM.

Returning to its Australian counterpart for 2024 with his own racing team, Herne scored a lone win at Queensland and five other podiums en route to a fifth-place points finish. During 2024, Herne also made his debut in Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe for Leipert Motorsport. Continuing in the series for 2025, Herne won twice at Mallala and scored nine other podiums to secure runner-up honours. During 2025, Herne also returned to the TA2 Racing Muscle Car Series, in which he clinched the TA2 Kings of the West title. The following year, Herne remained in the series with his own team. During 2026, Herne also returned to Garry Rogers Motorsport to make his long-awaited Bathurst 1000 debut alongside James Moffat.

Racing record Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position2017 Australian Formula Ford Series Shell 17 0 0 0 1 132.5 6th Victorian Formula Ford Championship – Fiesta 6 0 0 0 1 111 14th New South Wales Formula Ford Championship – Fiesta 5 0 0 0 0 2018 Australian Formula Ford Series BF Racing 21 1 0 3 9 236 4th Victorian Formula Ford Championship – Fiesta 15 7 1 5 13 4461st New South Wales Formula Ford Championship – Fiesta 15 5 2 5 12 4051st South Australian Formula Ford Championship 4 1 0 2 3 115 7th 2019 TA2 Muscle Car Series 24 7 0 0 15 1066 5th2020 TA2 Muscle Car Series 4 4 1 4 4 220 12th Wake Up! Hostels Combined Sedans – TA2 3 2 1 3 3 1451st Townsville Tin Tops – Super Tranz 3 2 1 3 3 1401st Bathurst Tin Tops – TA2 3 3 1 3 3 1501st National Trans-Am Series 3 0 0 1 2 110 17th2021 Tasmanian Ten Thousand 4 0 0 0 3 241 4th S5000 Australian Drivers' Championship Garry Rogers Motorsport 12 0 0 0 6 304 6th S5000 Tasman Series 7 0 0 2 2 85 7th Australian National Trans-Am Series Dream Racing Australia 18 8 0 0 17 8801st TA2 Muscle Car Northern Series 4 4 1 1 4 220 10th2022 Australian National Trans-Am Series 20 13 3 4 18 10481st S5000 Australian Drivers' Championship Valvoline Garry Rogers Motorsport 9 0 1 1 2 195 7th S5000 Tasman Series 6 4 1 0 4 1871st Trans-Am – TA2 1 0 0 0 0 23 34th2023 Trans-Am – TA2 13 0 0 0 3 664 11th S5000 Australian Drivers' Championship Garry Rogers Motorsport 3 0 0 0 0 50 15th S5000 Tasman Series 3 0 0 0 0 50 5th2024 Australian National Trans-Am Series Nathan Herne Racing 19 1 2 0 6 494 5th Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe – Pro Leipert Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 10 18th Trans-Am – TA2 3 0 0 0 0 200 20th2025 Australian National Trans-Am Series Nathan Herne Racing 21 2 0 2 11 5092nd TA2 Racing Muscle Car Series 6 1 0 1 4 0 NC† TA2 Kings of the West 4 2 0 1 4 2261st Trans-Am National Series – TA2 2 0 0 0 0 123 28thTrans-Am Series - TA22026 Australian National Trans-Am Series Nathan Herne Racing 6 4 0 2 6 128*1st* Supercars Championship Garry Rogers Motorsport * * Trans-Am Series – TA2 * *Sources: Season still in progress.

† As Herne was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete S5000 results Year Series Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Position Points 2021 AustralianGarry Rogers Motorsport SYMR1 SYMR2 SYMR3 PHIR4 PHIR5 PHIR6 SANR7 SANR8 SANR9 SMPR10 SMPR11 SMPR12 6th 304 2021 Tasman SMPR1 SMPR2 SMPR3 BATR4 BATR5 BATR6 BATR7 7th 85 2022 Australian SYMR1 SYMR2 SYMR3 PHIR4 PHIR5 PHIR6 MELR7 MELR8 MELR9 SMPR10 SMPR11 SMPR12 HIDR13 HIDR14 HIDR15 7th 195 2022 Tasman SURR1 SURR2 SURR3 ADER4 ADER5 ADER61st187 2023 Australian SYMR1 SYMR2 SYMR3 PHIR4 PHIR5 PHIR6 WINR7 WINR8 WINR9 SMPR10 SMPR11 SMPR12 BENR13 BENR14 BENR15 ADLR16 ADLR17 ADLR18 15th 50

Supercars Championship results Supercars results Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 Position Points 2026Garry Rogers Motorsport Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 SYDR1 SYDR2 SYDR3 MELR4 MELR5 MELR6 MELR7 TAUR8 TAUR9 TAUR10 CHRR11 CHRR12 CHRR13 SYMR14 SYMR15 SYMR16 BARR17 BARR18 BARR19 HIDR20 HIDR21 HIDR22 TOWR23 TOWR24 TOWR25 QLDR26 QLDR27 QLDR28 BENR28 BATR30 SURR31 SURR32 SANR33 SANR34 ADER35 ADER36 ADER37 – –

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